Wayne, just goes to prove, "no pattern stays the same!?!
You're right, as far as I've ever learned......... Barr's pattern has no rubber legs that's the way I tie it.
And yet, several sites, (such as Umpqua Feather's site picture, below), shows it WITH rubber legs!?!
I like your fly. Its a very good tie and should work very well!
My own "Meat Whistle", (THAT sounds kinda weird to say?)
![](http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff202/flybinder/Flies/MEATWHISTLE-A.jpg)
Umpqua's "rubber leg version"
![](http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff202/flybinder/Flies/39.jpg)
Umpqua, who usually touts "Original patterns, tied the original way", doesn't even use a copper cone head, like the "original pattern" called for, either!?!
Go, figure, huh?
Last edited by flybinder; 01-21-2008 at 06:54 AM.
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